Oregon City courier., November 20, 1908, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 12

CITY COURIER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1908
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How Binnacle Jim and Mate Became Figureheads of the , "Dancin' Sal.'1
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. "01 Gap Walras' temper wus none too sweet At th
test, but when be wus struck with rheu-ma-tiz, which wusn't
infrequeat, they wusa't no livin' with him, aa' that's why one
day me aa' Bill decided to desert th'ol' Dancin' Sal,' not-with-'
stand-ia It wus in mid-ocean at th' time.
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2. "we wus settm' on a cross tree when th' idee struck 7
Bill an' I fell in im-mediate. You see it wus like this: Th' old
man bain disabled, we reckoned on stayin aloft there andjmak
In' ourselfs snug t' th' end o' th' w'gye an' then sneak ourselfs '
ashore,"" dependin' in th', meantime on Davy Jones t' smuggle
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3- 41 After sweepin1 th' deck with th' glass t' make sure
th' coast wus clear, we gave Davy th' order t' go below an'
you can sink me fer a lubber ef that fool ape didn't come
climbin' back up th' mast with th' capt'in's own private mess.
& &X,?4 ' , nyo can'betwe ; wus glad ft see; that tgxuh'
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i howe since leaving port, an' th'way we scrambled t' meet Davy
f , gf enough t' make th' poor brute lose his bearin's.
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'5. " 4tr wus mak'inr fast th captins napkin, preparin' V
I-put ojb aljra Whea ' al o'v sudden thmast reeled over t' one
, side add Davy1 lost his bolt; an' afore- either Bill er me could
lend a hand th' faithful critter wus clean adrift.
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6. " They 'us no help fer it an' we had t' set there like i
a pair 0' Darnicies an' wait fer th' smash, an' t' make things -worse
jist then we sighted th' capt'in come hobb in' out on th'
neeK r itane His beano's. j
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7. i " It sounds on-reasonuble t' hear-tel, but I'm blowed
if that ape didn't land plump on th' ol' Cap's chest jisj as he
wus castin' his eye aloft at th' weather. It wus th! only thing
at saved poor Davy, but yo' ought f 0' seen th' skipper.
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8. " Arter th' or. man had picked hisself up an1 found
his bearin's th' way he took on wus a fright, an' Bill an' me
knew . it 'd be all a man's life wus worth t' let him come
alongside, so we laid low and let him beller through th' trumpet.
0. "Arter th' ol' feller nad hollered himself hoarse, he
went below an' we knowed they wus foul weather ahead, an'
sure enough up he come with a harpoon gun, an' afore we could
git on th' leefeide 0' th' mast he up an' blazed away.
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" v 10. 'Tnevcr found out if th capt'in aimed at Bill or me,
,-but I wus sure that iron went through my jacket an over th'v
; r yard-arm. It went clean as a whistle I thought my time had
come; but bp Walrus paid out th line enough V win&.me dpwn
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1 1. "Arter the skipper had talked awhile an' cuffered me
about I begin t' see things his way, and sung out t' Bill t' come
below an' surrender, which he done, not bein' able to stand a
Jong siege, anyway.
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u tjutu jtiu u mc i iu prow, tiraigm 011, an mar we
.stayed 'til we struck port, sarvin as a pairo' human figger
. beads, as well &t good example. a he said, t th' rest o'-.th'
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